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Re: non-fiction/fiction split

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From: Anthony E Bible
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:47
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In article <mtan-260193100206@maureen.cen.uiuc.edu> mtan@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Maureen Tan) writes:
>While I can see the rational for creating  a non-fiction group,
>I for one would rather see misc. writing remain as it is and
>cover *all* topics.
>

[reasons deleted]

	I agree with Maureen (or Jane).  If there was so much traffic in this
group that a reader had difficulty finding the fiction articles amongst the
non-fiction articles then it might be time to consider splitting the group.
To me, the current number of articles does not appear justify a split at this 
time.



>
>A possible compromise:  Perhaps we could follow Tipper Gore's 
>example and start labelling our posts?  Something like (F) for fiction,
> (N-F) for nonfiction,  (G) for general, and (OU) offensive and
>unfit for human consumption (i.e.: read me first).
>

	This is an excellent suggestion.  I use a threaded news reader, and I
could get through the OU postings much quicker if this were adopted.  (I am
resisting the temptation to re-label this article.)

Regards,
tony
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